I didn’t go to Slovakia because it was high on my bucket list. Actually, I barely knew anything about Bratislava before I went. I was in the middle of my first big solo backpacking trip around Europe: 80 days, entirely overland, moving from country to country and figuring everything out as I went. I had just been in Budapest when I realized that going through Bratislava before Vienna was cheaper than heading straight to Austria, so that was basically the entire decision-making process. I booked one night. That turned out to be a terrible decision, because within a few hours of finally making it into Bratislava’s Old Town, I was…